I’m not that interested with the rest of the computer except the graphic card so I was wondering is it necessary to absorb everything in computer engineering or if I should go for something else such as electrical or electronic engineering.
Also would “Engineering Technology” be better?
Computer engineering would be a suitable major if you want to go into design of computer components such as graphics cards. Electrical engineering or computer science could also be suitable majors, if there is enough in-major elective space to choose useful course work in the other subject to help you learn the design of computer components.
That’s a pretty narrow choice of career. What if computers evolve and no longer need graphic cards? I don’t think its wise to target yourself to such a specific item. You may want to consider how to broaden your education so that you can still remain employable if technology changes.
I know one of the designers at NVidia. He has a PhD in computer engineering. He and his group do all the design work, then low-skill board shops in Asia do the automated assembly and testing. They are doing a lot of work in massively parallel systems also.
No, Engineering Technology would not be better. Take chip design courses, a board design course, and keep up your grades for the ability to go to graduate school.
@gizmojc
What year are you? You’ve created a lot of threads asking “Would XYZ be a good major?”. Perhaps talking to a guidance counselor or faculty in a field would provide the conversation you are looking for.
Do you want to be involved in design or manufacturing? Nvidia is a fabless company.
This is an oddly specific component. One thing to keep in mind is even if you are only interested in the graphics card, you still need to understand how the rest of the computer works along with the graphics card. The other thing is that if you are only interested in that you are setting yourself up to be really bored in the rest of your classes and also setting yourself up for a really narrow field of jobs in the future.
Either computer or electrical engineering would probably work for this. You could also work in supply chain management if you aren’t necessarily interested in designing the card but are more interested in making sure it gets put together - some colleges have majors in supply chain; at other colleges you might major in industrial engineering or even operations research.